Head to head

Animal Company vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Animal Company

Live

260 – 930 daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

4k – 13k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2024 · 2 years ago

April 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

260 – 930

4k – 13k

Estimated players

125.1k0.4%

21.6k2.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Platforms

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Perspectives

Virtual Reality

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Animal CompanyThe Lord of the Rings Online

Animal Company

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~125k	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~124.4k	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.5%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Animal Company: 81Down 31%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1kDown 10%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 13× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Animal Company — 1,028 vs 81.

Discord members

Animal Company: 448.2kUp 0.2%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.4kUp 0.2%

Animal Company currently has about 19× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 448,163 vs 23,437.

Reddit members

Animal Company: 2.5kUp 0.6%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 86kUp 0.2%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 34× as many subreddit members as Animal Company — 85,964 vs 2,521.

Twitch viewers

Animal Company: 11Up 22%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 93Down 49%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 8.5× as many live Twitch viewers as Animal Company — 93 vs 11.

YouTube subscribers

Animal Company: 220kUp 0.5%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.9kUp 0.4%

Animal Company currently has about 8.8× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 220,000 vs 24,900.

How these estimates are made

Animal Company

Animal Company is estimated to have 260 – 930 players a day. Around 21k – 53k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 4k – 13k players a day. Around 410k – 1m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.